STATISTICAL AND THERMAL PHYSICS, part I (TFYY61)

This is the first part of an introductory graduate course in
Statistical and Thermal Physics with the emphasis on the
basic concepts in equilibrium statistical physics and its connection
to classical thermodynamics. The formal prerequisite to attend the
course is an undergraduate course in statistical and thermal physics.
However, this can be discussed.

The text book is
Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics,
Author: Frederick Reif, ISBN: 978-1-57766-612-7.
Part I of the course gives 7.5 ECTS credits and will be given during
the autumn of 2017.
There will be 10 lectures of two hours each, one per week as can be
seen from the schedule belove. A set of mandatory homework problems
will be available below. The problems are chosen to illuminate the
theory and to make it easier to understand the theory in itself as well
as how it can be applied. There will also be an oral examination at the
end of part I after all home work assignments have been completed.

This first part of the course will cover approximately chapters 2 - 8 in
the textbook and thus cover:
Statistical description of systems of particles,
Statistical thermodynamics,
Macroscopic parameters and their measurement,
Simple applications of macroscopic thermodynamics,
Basic methods and results of statistical mechanics,
Simple applications of statistical mechanics,
Equilibrium between phases or chemical species.

Schedule for part I, 2017

Week

Day

Date

Time

Place

Subject

35

Wednesday

2017-08-30

13:15 - 15:00

Jordan-Fermi J402

Chapter 2

36

Wednesday

2017-09-06

13:15 - 15:00

Jordan-Fermi J402

Chapter 2

37

Wednesday

2017-09-13

13:15 - 15:00

Laplace N323

Chapter 3

38

Wednesday

2017-09-20

13:15 - 15:00

Laplace N323

Chapter 3

39

Wednesday

2017-09-27

13:15 - 15:00

Laplace N323

Chapter 3 - 4

40

Wednesday

2017-10-04

13:15 - 15:00

Laplace N323

Chapter 5

41

Wednesday

2017-10-11

13:15 - 15:00

Boltzmann E225

Chapter 5 - 6

42

Wednesday

2017-10-18

13:15 - 15:00

Boltzmann E225

Chapter 6

43

Wednesday

2017-10-25

13:15 - 15:00

Boltzmann E225

Chapter 7

44

Wednesday

2017-11-01

13:15 - 15:00

Boltzmann E225

Chapter 8

Mandatory homework problems for the first part of the course, 2017

Chapter

Exercise

Due

2

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.7

2017-09-20

3

3.1

3.2

3.4

3.5

2017-10-11

4

4.3

2017-10-18

5

5.1

5.4

5.7

2017-10-25

6

6.1

6.2

6.4

6.10

2017-11-01

7

7.1

7.2

7.7

7.20

7.21

2017-11-08

8

8.1

8.2

8.8

2017-11-15

Examination of the first part of the course, 2017

To pass on the first part of the course all homework problems should
be solved correctly before the mandatory oral exam. The dead-line for the oral exam
will be early in the spring 2018. An exact date will be given later.